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January 2014
CISAF's first event was a training workshop that centered around supporting overseas staff experiencing critical incidents. It was held in Ottawa and facilitated by The KonTerra Group. Participants gained practical tools to help colleagues recover from critical incidents, prioritize and meet immediate needs, and increase resilience. We also strengthened our understanding of chronic stress, vicarious
Find out moreMay 2014
The Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian Interagency Security Advisory Forum (CISAF) co-hosted a workshop on family liaison support during critical incidents, with a specific focus on kidnapping. The workshop was facilitated by Sue Williams, from Hostage UK, who talked about best practices in supporting family members of staff who have been kidnapped, both during
Find out moreSeptember 2014
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada’s (DFATD’s) Consular Outreach and Partnerships Program and Emergency Management Bureau, and CISAF hosted a table top exercise whereby a number of different critical incidents were discussed. DFATD shared how they would be able to provide support a number of different critical incidents, and participants left with a better understanding
Find out moreDecember 2014
CISAF moderated a panel discussion entitled "The Cost of Security" at the second annual Canadian Humanitarian Conference, held in Ottawa from December 4-5th 2014. The purpose of our panel was to raise awareness about the cost of security vs the cost of insecurity, highlighting the positive and negative impacts that each can have on our organizations. The
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This workshop provided participants with a greater understanding of the psychological needs that people have in the midst of crises and how these needs can inform communications; an increased knowledge of key principles of crisis and risk communications; and greater comfort in applying these principles in different kinds of crises.
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June 2016
This CISAF meeting included a guest speaker from the Observatoire canadien sur les crises et l'aide humanitaire at Université du Québec à Montréal.
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